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i'm proud to live in a country where you can be executed based on circumstantial evidence... moondog Send a noteboard - 22/09/2011 04:06:07 PM
whether or not Troy Davis was guilty, the fact that someone can be executed with ZERO physical evidence tying them to the crime is beyond the pale. it has long been established that eyewitness accounts are not 100% reliable as evidence, but yet not only did a jury decide that the eyewitness accounts were enough to convict, they handed down a death sentence as well. then when 7 of 9 eyewitnesses recanted their testimony, it still wasn't enough to prevent the execution.

zero physical evidence, 7 of 9 eyewitnesses coming forward to say they were either wrong or coerced by police to give misleading testimony and yet we still put the convicted man to death for it. yay.... :[
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i'm proud to live in a country where you can be executed based on circumstantial evidence... moondog - 22/09/2011 04:06:07 PM 1537 Views
Yeah it's pretty damn disgusting and frustrating... ironclad - 22/09/2011 04:08:05 PM 837 Views
Well nossy - 22/09/2011 06:57:37 PM 879 Views
And yet the Supreme Court didn't stop it. You're a lawyer right? Dark Knight - 22/09/2011 04:19:05 PM 899 Views
Well, that right there was an ignorant thing to say. Dannymac - 22/09/2011 04:32:49 PM 965 Views
But they get all the media attention Dark Knight - 22/09/2011 04:45:03 PM 842 Views
Er. Nate - 22/09/2011 05:09:44 PM 855 Views
What about the t-shirts? *NM* Dark Knight - 22/09/2011 05:47:49 PM 351 Views
Heh... you should perhaps Google 'The West Memphis 3' Jacob - 22/09/2011 05:29:06 PM 921 Views
Cameron Todd Willingham is white, and his story is a national one since Perry is running for Pres Roland00 - 23/09/2011 03:41:52 PM 712 Views
those numbers are less schocking when you consider that blacks commet a lot more murders *NM* random thoughts - 22/09/2011 05:43:51 PM 365 Views
And this is a typically illogical argument. Cannoli - 22/09/2011 11:11:48 PM 880 Views
You're kidding, right? Dannymac - 23/09/2011 02:55:44 PM 846 Views
Re: You're kidding, right? ßelals Girl - 23/09/2011 07:36:38 PM 858 Views
Juror bias. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/09/2011 08:35:10 PM 333 Views
the jury was majority black *NM* random thoughts - 23/09/2011 09:03:48 PM 346 Views
In this instance, yes. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/09/2011 09:30:10 PM 304 Views
Your evidence for that? *NM* ßelals Girl - 23/09/2011 11:33:58 PM 343 Views
Twenty-one years of life in the American South. Ghavrel - 24/09/2011 12:40:10 AM 803 Views
Of course I'm interested ßelals Girl - 24/09/2011 04:03:51 AM 742 Views
From me being too involved with the subject material. I apologize. Ghavrel - 24/09/2011 11:16:06 AM 720 Views
No worries ßelals Girl - 24/09/2011 07:10:40 PM 714 Views
While I largely agree with your argument, I agree more with Cannoli on the NAACP. Joel - 23/09/2011 07:46:06 PM 785 Views
Wow ßelals Girl - 23/09/2011 07:50:06 PM 684 Views
It happens. Joel - 25/09/2011 03:09:00 PM 739 Views
yes the "you born white what more do you want" argument *NM* random thoughts - 23/09/2011 09:03:04 PM 335 Views
From what I've read it is pretty disturbing snoopcester - 22/09/2011 04:27:44 PM 906 Views
Huh. Nate - 22/09/2011 04:47:20 PM 907 Views
That jumped out at me too. Sareitha Sedai - 22/09/2011 04:50:52 PM 833 Views
What really confuses me Dark Knight - 22/09/2011 04:58:32 PM 778 Views
That's a good question and I really wish it would be addressed. Sareitha Sedai - 22/09/2011 05:05:40 PM 886 Views
Re: That's a good question and I really wish it would be addressed. Macharius - 22/09/2011 05:21:59 PM 921 Views
If the original trial is shown to be flawed that's supposed to require a new trial. Joel - 22/09/2011 08:25:51 PM 784 Views
Well... Jacob - 22/09/2011 05:18:54 PM 943 Views
So if I understand you correctly... LadyLorraine - 22/09/2011 05:23:00 PM 879 Views
Yes, that is correct. And proving witness coercion is likely to be difficult if not impossible. *NM* Macharius - 22/09/2011 05:30:37 PM 311 Views
almost random thoughts - 22/09/2011 08:25:06 PM 781 Views
Re: Well... Macharius - 22/09/2011 05:29:03 PM 831 Views
I know one reason is that MightyYT - 22/09/2011 08:27:41 PM 835 Views
it is only confusing because the evidence isn't really that shaky random thoughts - 22/09/2011 08:54:21 PM 833 Views
you are innocent until proven guilty random thoughts - 22/09/2011 05:34:57 PM 852 Views
You must change your perspective..... Jeordam - 22/09/2011 07:33:20 PM 832 Views
Well said *NM* Dark Knight - 22/09/2011 08:49:56 PM 370 Views
If I understand the Supreme Court correctly, the reason they denied the stay of execution was MightyYT - 22/09/2011 08:25:14 PM 856 Views
On its face, that is a good reason. Joel - 22/09/2011 10:07:44 PM 881 Views
I completely support the Death Penalty without question..... trzaska2000 - 22/09/2011 08:27:54 PM 761 Views
Unreasonable doubt is impossible to eliminate. Joel - 22/09/2011 09:54:43 PM 842 Views
Doubt can be eliminated.....any question about Dalmer? trzaska2000 - 23/09/2011 01:00:52 PM 894 Views
Maybe he was framed by an enemy, government conspiracy or aliens. Joel - 23/09/2011 01:54:21 PM 781 Views
Jigga what? *NM* trzaska2000 - 23/09/2011 03:36:07 PM 442 Views
"I do not know if I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly or am now a butterfly..." Joel - 23/09/2011 06:50:34 PM 766 Views
Circumstantial evidence is not, I believe, a bar to conviction. Joel - 22/09/2011 09:43:56 PM 741 Views
Regarding the salvation thing, that is an argument FOR the death penalty, in my mind. Cannoli - 22/09/2011 11:37:16 PM 803 Views
That motive is seflish and thus fatal. Joel - 23/09/2011 01:17:00 AM 753 Views
Bullshit Cannoli - 25/09/2011 03:53:05 AM 975 Views
Where do YOU get the idea that imperfect contrition is good enough? Joel - 25/09/2011 02:29:18 PM 1274 Views
Thank God you're not an evangelist. Dannymac - 23/09/2011 02:59:06 PM 775 Views
And I pity the souls you have ministered to. They're in for a rude shock at their judgement Cannoli - 25/09/2011 04:01:05 AM 765 Views
lol roman catholicism *NM* Ghavrel - 25/09/2011 04:39:55 AM 317 Views
Not just Roman Catholics, y'know, everyone who thinks God was not BSing about judgement. Joel - 25/09/2011 09:47:12 PM 825 Views
lol hellfire and brimstone *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2011 12:12:28 AM 314 Views
I suppose in a consequences free world everything is a source of amusement. Joel - 26/09/2011 12:33:14 AM 967 Views
You really don't understand irony, do you? Particularly as it applies to your post about this case. Cannoli - 22/09/2011 11:26:49 PM 875 Views
. Two Wongs - 23/09/2011 08:21:38 AM 804 Views
A list of anecdotal wrongs does not prove anything. If convictions can be wrong, so can exonerations *NM* Cannoli - 25/09/2011 04:03:26 AM 318 Views
Yes; it's the uncertainties that count. Either way. Two Wongs - 25/09/2011 04:15:48 AM 629 Views
sorry if i don't have time to link to every thing i've read on the subject moondog - 23/09/2011 02:54:50 PM 955 Views
Well I would think you would have picked an article that offers some iota of proof of his innocence. Cannoli - 25/09/2011 04:14:45 AM 857 Views
I kind of agree. Vivien - 24/09/2011 12:05:27 AM 853 Views
Well, I wouldn't call eyewitness accounts circumstancial evidence. Vivien - 23/09/2011 11:45:48 PM 787 Views
Eyewitness testimony is incredibly unreliable. *NM* Ghavrel - 24/09/2011 12:39:51 AM 316 Views
Nor would I, but I've heard that lawyers say, "an eye witness is the worst witness you can have." Joel - 25/09/2011 03:23:53 PM 777 Views
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